sooner or later

adverb

: at some uncertain future time : sometime

Examples of sooner or later in a Sentence

sooner or later, the police are going to track down the burglar
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Before the 2023 Masters, Woods all but guaranteed McIlroy would win at Augusta sooner or later. Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025 New technologies emerge, replace conventional approaches and, sooner or later, are replaced themselves and made obsolete. Tamsin Gable, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025 Automakers will have to pass on the costs of the tariffs to customers sooner or later, Tynan said. Bill Koenig, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025 Yet sooner or later, both of these men scaled down and explored their own personal history to follow-up their moments of career glory. Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sooner or later

Word History

First Known Use

1577, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sooner or later was in 1577

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“Sooner or later.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sooner%20or%20later. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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